Chapter 422 Capture of Hele City "General Cao, my entire artillery unit is ready, please instruct." Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info" shouted the commander of the artillery. "Open fire." Cao Bianjiao gave an order expressionlessly. "Order!" At this time, he held a clairvoyant mirror in his forehand, stretched his head towards the artillery of the Tang army, and looked at it with his only remaining right eye. This clairtelescope, which he bought back from the Dutch at a high price, has always been used as a plaything, but he didn't expect that at this time, it came in handy. He clearly saw from the clairvoyant mirror that on the Tang Army's artillery array in the distance, a person who looked like a captain raised the red flag in his hand high. A huge sense of fear suddenly surged from his heart. "Ready!" "Put!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" 。。。。。。 60 heavy dragon guns, the muzzle of each cannon, immediately spewed out crimson afterburners and dazzling golden fire, in the dense choking billowing white smoke, sixty black iron bullets, with the sound of death, slammed into the city wall on the right side of the east side of Hele City. The huge impact sound that shattered the eardrum sounded continuously, and the sixty jet-black 32-pound iron bullets, as if they had eyes, hit the right side of the east side of Hele City fiercely in an evenly distributed state. The city wall on the right side of the east gate of the entire Hele City, sixty large holes arranged neatly and evenly appeared in an instant, and at the edge of each big hole, the thick and cracked lines were as dense as spider webs, and they spread unscrupulously to the siege, and the large pieces of city wall bricks splashed and cracked, and a piece of dust and mist filled the air, and the entire city wall was trembling violently. On the city wall, a large number of Sulu soldiers who were shocked to the ears, eyes, nostrils and mouth were bleeding together, everyone was shocked and bloody, and their eyes were shrouded in dust and fog, while the city wall under their feet shook violently like a pendulum, and there were more than 60 Sulu soldiers who were unsteady on their feet, screaming and falling from the city wall, and then fell into meat cakes. At the same time, something even more tragic and terrible happened. All the defenders standing on the city wall, suddenly heard the script of the city wall, suddenly made a soft click, one after another thick cracks flashed like performance art, at any time, this originally rough and simple city wall, actually banged, there was a large area of collapse, the collapse of the gap, as much as seven or eight meters wide. Collapsed with one blow, the power of this volley of Tang artillery reached such a terrible level. And the collapsed city wall buried at least 40 Sulu soldiers alive who had no time to escape. Under such a terrible blow, the Sulu soldiers guarding the city wall on the right side of the west gate suddenly became greatly confused. At least seventy or so Sulu soldiers, after seeing the absolute death that was imminent in front of them, screamed in terror, turned around and fled down the road of the city wall. "Don't run! You bastards, you death-fearing ghosts, come back to me! He was shocked and his face was covered with dust, and he looked extremely embarrassed. He coughed violently, stood up against the battlements of the wall, and immediately yelled at the fleeing defenders. It's just that in this chaos, although he shouted hoarsely, it didn't have much effect. "Flood Guda, cut down all these escaped guys!" He gave a vicious order, and with a quick promise, he quickly took a group of guards and slashed at these fleeing guys. The miserable screams rang out continuously, and the dull popping sound of the sword slashing into the human body made the teeth ache. At this moment, a frightened Sulu soldier ran past him in a panic, wailing, as if he had not paid any attention to the king who had just succeeded in usurping the throne. He was so angry and angry that he drew his sharp scimitar and stabbed it fiercely, stabbing the fleeing guy from behind to his chest, and the fleeing guy screamed loudly and fell to the ground. And at this time, the next round of shelling of the Don army began. "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" 。。。。。。 Sixty jet-black 32-pound iron bullets roared in. In the deafening crash, the broken bricks on the city wall rained down and the dust and mist spread all over the sky. The dense cobwebs and cracks on the entire eastern wall reached a shocking level. He and all the defenders of the eastern city wall felt that the city wall was shaking violently under his feet, and as many as fifty Sulu soldiers who had not had time to lie down were shocked and fell from the city wall screaming. In the face of such fierce violence and complete death, the struggle and resistance of human beings is almost a joke. The rest of the Sulu soldiers, no one needed to mobilize, I don't know who shouted, these guys immediately abandoned their posts, howled and ran away. Their flight was so resolute, so unstoppable, that it was like a horde of mad beasts that seemed to knock anything in their way to the ground. In fact, they escaped quite in time, because, at this moment, the terrible collapse happened again. On the right side of the entire east wall of Hele City, after this bombardment, the gap of the collapsed city wall, there are nearly 20 places large and small, except for a few remnants of the city wall, which are still in the original place, the rest of the entire city wall area has completely collapsed. "Your Majesty, quickly, quickly retreat, this east gate city wall can no longer be defended! The Tang army is sure that the next step is to attack the city! He hurriedly ran over and shouted loudly in his ear at the stunned Gu Mame, his face was bloodied by the splashed bricks, and he looked hideous and funny. His face was covered with dust, and his face was very ugly. Do you really want to take it down? It's just that if you don't take it down, is there any other way? He wanted to say something, but Yan Guda had already grabbed him in a hurry, and dragged him off the city wall without saying anything. Descending the city wall, he conveyed a new order weakly. "Order the whole army to retreat from the city wall, arrange garrisons on the spot, and start a bloody battle with these damned Tang troops on every street and alley!" "Yes!" At this time, Cao Bianjiao, who had been observing the battle situation with a clairvoyant mirror, had a comfortable smile on his face. Okay, two rounds of salvos, and the wall of Lecheng collapsed, and the door was already open. The might of our artillery, and even here! He saw that at this point in the battle, the entire city wall on the right side of the east gate of Hele City had been completely destroyed, and the Tang army could successfully attack the city! Cao Bianjiao raised his right hand, and finally began to give the order to attack loudly. "Pass on my military order to have 2,000 musketeers march in a straight line and destroy all enemy forces in front of them. In addition, arrange for the spear and shield battle array to be guarded behind the firecrackers to prevent the enemy from attacking. In addition, the rampant is always divided into two parts, left and right, covering the flanks! "'Order!' Soon, in the military formation of the Tang Army, 2,000 musketeers, each holding a fiery torch with a fizzing fire rope, lined up in a straight line, and strode forward amid the sound of drums. Behind them was a line of spears and shields that seemed to be as straight as a line, keeping a distance of five or six paces from the musketeers in front of them, and following in silence. On both sides of the entire battle array, there were rampant team members dressed in three layers of armor, each armed with heavy weapons, like mecha monsters, divided into two parts, firmly protecting the two wings. In the face of the Tang army's gunners who rushed like machines, and the Sulu soldiers who withdrew from the city wall and guarded the entrance of the street, they all felt trembling, as if they saw death coming towards them step by step. Seeing that the Tang army was attacking straight like this, his heart was like a knife. Damn, in addition to artillery, the Tang Army also has firearms, which are super powerful weapons that can kill people in dozens of steps. He still remembers that in the invasion of the Dutch and the Spaniards, those firearms fired in rows and rows caused many loyal and brave Sulu soldiers to die in an instant. What to do? His mind was confused for a while. And just when he was hesitating, the Tang Army's musketeers were getting closer and closer. When they were sixty paces away from him and the others, the musketeers stopped advancing, formed two rows of squatting and standing in front of them, and began to aim at the target in front of them, and opened fire. "Bang bang bang! ......" The two rows of firecrackers fired at the same time, and the bright red afterburners of the two rows of firecrackers flew away, which was very beautiful. The dense and choking white smoke flew up again, making the entire position suddenly turn into a state of white and invisible. Of the 2,000 firearms, more than 1,600 were fired, and countless tiny three-coin heavy lead bullets formed a dense rain of death in the air, emitting a soft scream, and shooting out at the panicked Sulu army on the opposite side. The screams immediately rang out, and at least 300 Sulu soldiers who were guarding the streets were shot head-on by lead bullets, either dead or wounded. A whistling buckshot accurately struck the heart of his general, Drowning Guda. Mass of blood rushed from his chest, and as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, he fell to the ground on his back, and would never move again. "Drowning Guda!" He roared loudly, and his bloodshot eyes were filled with infinite grief and indignation. Seeing that under the blow of the Tang army, these subordinates of his own suffered such heavy casualties, even the most trusted generals were killed with one blow, his face was like white paper, and his whole body trembled. No, you can't let the Don Army continue shooting like this. If the Tang army is allowed to fight like this, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are under his command, they will only become the live targets of the Tang army, and they will all die in aggrieved condition. "The whole army listens to me! Immediately rush forward and destroy the Tang Army's firecrackers! He waved his sword and shouted. Hearing the governor's order, the Sulu defenders, who were demoralized, reluctantly ran out of their hideouts in the streets and alleys, shouting uneven slogans, and rushed towards the Tang gunners on the opposite side. Seeing that the Sulu army was forced out of the city by himself, a sneer crossed Cao Bianjiao's face. "Order all the musketeers to retreat immediately, and the spear and shield battle array will come forward to engage, and the two wings will be rampant, and all the Sulu defenders must be defeated in one fell swoop!" "Order!" The Sulu army roared, like a swarm of bees, and rushed straight towards the Tang army's gunners. However, they quickly discovered that the Tang gunners, who were originally going to reload and fire again, quickly retreated as if they had received a unified order, completely avoiding a head-on battle with them. And after these Tang gunners retreated, a row of black guns and shields in the back, like a straight line, immediately met them straight. Looking at the Tang Army's spear and shield battle array, which was like a killing machine, every Sulu soldier was shocked in their hearts. When the Sulu soldiers, who rushed like a swarm of bees, rushed to the dense row of large shields, a cruel and long-planned murder began. A 4-meter steel spear with a handle stabbed out of a large shield like a flying poisonous dragon, and stabbed the head, neck, or chest of these Sulu soldiers who were caught off guard. These Tang soldiers pierced extremely hard and accurately, stabbing out with a single shot, often piercing each other. Under one blow, a large number of Sulu soldiers immediately came to the end of their lives. Their corpses, along this row of large shields, lined up in a straight line. At the same time, the rampaging heavy infantry outflanked from both flanks, like two groups of mecha monsters armed to the teeth, circled around the flanks and rear of the Sulu army, and immediately began a ferocious attack. Tiger spears, tiger knives, long-handled knives, thick-backed scythes, and other heavy weapons slashed and slaughtered at these Sulu soldiers who were attacked on their backs. For a while, the clanging sound of swords slashing, the popping sound of spears piercing into the human body, the porphyry sound of cutting bones, and the sound of soldiers screaming and falling to the ground sounded, which made people feel palpitations. Seeing the Sulu soldiers who rashly broke through and attacked, and were quickly besieged by their own subordinates, a cruel smile crossed Cao Bianjiao's face. "General Chuanben's order, order the 1,000 Xuanhu heavy horses on standby to charge the enemy soldiers, and be sure to completely wipe out all the Sulu people, leaving no one behind!" "Order!" Under Cao Bianjiao's order, 1,000 Xuanhu heavy horsemen immediately began to speed up, they raised the sand and dust in the sky, the sound of horses' hooves was earth-shattering, and after quickly bypassing their own military positions, they made a big bend and rushed towards the Sulu army that was already in a chaotic situation. The Xuanhu heavy cavalry, which weighed nearly half a ton of people, horses, armor, and weapons, formed a dense wedge-shaped battle formation, and after fully accelerating, it stabbed towards the back of the Sulu soldiers like a huge and swift black steel knife. Like a fiery and sharp knife cutting through butter, the Xuanhu Heavy Rider rushed violently, penetrating almost the entire Sulu army. The Xuanhu heavy cavalry in the front row was almost in contact with their own shield soldiers. He was pierced in the back by a sharp riding spear, pierced through the front of the heart, and the surging blood mist sprayed up in his chest. Before he stumbled to the ground, another sharp riding knife slashed at the ground, cutting off his head flatly, and after making an arc in the air, it rolled to an unknown corner. Xuanhu rode this fierce blow, and killed the enemy commander He Gu Mamo, so that the remaining Sulu soldiers no longer had the will to fight, and collapsed on the spot. They howled and cried, and they abandoned their swords and fled wildly in all directions. Some of the Sulu soldiers stood on their knees, crying and begging for surrender. It's just that they are surrounded on all sides, and they can't escape at all. Whether it was a fugitive or a surrenderer, they were all quickly killed by the red-eyed Tang army, and no one was left. Under the mountains of corpses, red blood flowed out, almost knee-long, in this shocking mountain of corpses and blood, the Tang soldiers shouted with joy. "Wan Sheng!" "Wan Sheng!" "Kill the Tartars, get fame!" "Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!" ……